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The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
ROOTSToWN


Thanksgiving day was sommsmo-
rated 10 Rootstown Union service
was held in the Methodist Church,
commencing al quarter before eleven
O'Clock a. III. The congregation was
not as large as usual on such occssions
Oh account of the rain but an appre-
ciative audience listened To an excel
lent discourse delivered by the Rev. J.
r. Jacob, Pastor of the Rootstown
Methods Church Rev. Mr.. Cotton,
of the RoOtstown Congregational
Church, read the Presidents Thanks.
giving Proclamation, and opened the
services with prayer.
After the close of the meeting the
people repaired to their homes, and to
the homes of their friends, where they
partook of roast turkey oysters, thanks
giving pies and cakes, and many 9TH
er good things.
Weddings were celebrated during
the day aud evening. At the residence
of Mr.. George Moore, three fourths of
mile northwest of the Center, Mr..
William Neal was married to Miss
Alice Moore, the Rev. Mr. Jacob per-
forming the ceremony. The family
and few invited friends were present
to enjoy the festivities of the occasion.
Many nice presents to the happy pair
were on exhibition. All present
thought it was good to be there.
Mr.. John Kline and Miss Katie Rice
of Rootstown, were married Thanks
giving morning. In the evening q
large number of invited guests Assem-.
bled at the heme of the bride, in the
southwest part of town, where they
enjoyed the merry dance, and had a
good time. Mr.. Valentine Rice and
wife know how to make things pleas.
ant for their frlends-indeed 1t 10 a
good place to visit-especially on .
wedding occasion.
Mr.. and Mrs Kline and Mr.. and
Mrs Neal have the good wishes of
their many friends.
Mr.. G. w. Bow and wife are visit
ting Mrs. BOWS sister in New York
city. Miss Jessie Powers visited her
brother, DR.. n. w. Powers, of Deer
field, last week. Mr.. II. l. Moulton
and wife are home from Indiana,
where they were visiting friends.
Mr.. Will Moore, young carpenter
of this town, fell from building last
Friday. receiving painful wounds on
the head and face, In consequence of
which he ia confined to the house
but he expects soon to be able to work
again. OCCASIONAL"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
The ss.Grand Old rann Coming 10


Ihe S.Gfamd Old FaanS Coming 10
See Us.
A Buffalo IN. " dispatch of the
26th ult. says: Mr.. Charles A, Gillig,
OF the American Exchange, London,
registered at the Genessee today. In
conversation with reporter, Mr.. Gil.
lig stated that his present visit to the
United States was for the purpose of
perfecting the necessary arrangements
for visit by Mr.. Gladstone in April
next. Mr.. Gladstone" said Mr.
Giliig, has SO far overcome his dread
of an ocean voyage that he will make
short trip to this country in the
spring. One thing that tended to
bring about this change of mind in
hr. Gladstone, was the fact that his
physicians have long advised him that
an ocean voyage would be beneficial
TO his health, and as he has always
cherished a desire to visit this coun-
try, now that his dread of the ocean
has been conquered, he embraces the
opportunity eagerly"
Mr.. Gillig says that Mr.. Gladstone's
visit will occupy about two months
time, and that he will visit the pria-
cipal cities.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
SHALERSvILLE.

correspondence.
Several Thanksgiving family gath
erings were held throughout the town.
ship. at which love, feast and good
cheer held supremacy.
J. l.. Cooley, who has been an in.
mate of the Cleveland Asylum for the
insane for the past three months. re-,
turned home Thursday last very much
improved.
Miss Eta Eldridge spent Thanks.
giving at her old home. While here
she had the misfortune TO pierce her
thumb with needle, FROM the nail up
ward to the first joint. The needle
breaking, left the longer part of it in
the flesh. The physician being absent,
she applied to our worthy merchant
for relief. 1t is needle. less to add that
the piece of steel was soon extracted
and the patient able to resume duties
on the following Monday.
Miss Bessie Wilson, one of the High
School students, has had a severe at
tack of sore throat, but is now much
improved and will soon be able to re-
sumo her studies
A couple of young male students,
longing for an evening entertainment,
sailed forth few evenings since,
through rain aud mud and darkness.
to the Feeder Dam School House,
where an entertainment had been pre-
viousiy advertised. Finding no audi
ence in waiting, they called at neigh
boring farm house 10 inquire when
the aforementioned entertainments
would probably take place. The an
swer from rather deaf parent, who
misinterpreted the object of their call.
was, mo, they have gone to bed u
(TableauD
The writer had the pleasure of visit.
Ing the Mantua Station schools few
days since. The teachers are these OF
great experience, laboring hard to in
It'll into the minds of youth the prec
ious seeds of wisdom, with very good
success. They are labering under one
very great disadvantage, however,
want of room. The primary depart
ment is full to overflowing and should
be divided.
That school rooms of the future may
be built larger. be better ventilated,
teachers not be required TO do two
years work in one, receive the COOP
Grafton of parents and some show OF
| credit for all their painstskings Is the
wish of PHGBE.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
THE cold wave has caused shiver
to run over large extent of the ceun-
, Consumption Incurable?

Read the following: Mr.. G. II
Morris, Newark, Ark. says: WAS
iown with abcess of lungs, and friends
aud physicians pronounced me an
ncurable Consumptivs. Bagan taking
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, am row on my third bottle,
and able to oversee the work on NV
made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur. Ohio,
says : Had it not been for DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption L
would have died of lung troubles. Was
given up by doctors. Am now in best
of health" Try it. Sample bottles
free at G. P. Reeds drug store.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
Published by request
The ChatswOrth Disaster.

AhI Chatsworth once awokc,
mid shock and shrek and smoke
And To- a wreck OF cars,
Rose high toward the stars!
Then awful silence fell
Brief as asinEle knel,;
When, ah thst burst of pain,
That rose on Cha.sworth's plainl
IT circled far aud high
Through ali the murky sky,
ANA 'Iaid taat funeral rNrc,
There crept 4 steSlthy fire.
But heroes then and there
Ecnt back that dreId de. pair
Quick - the iiShtnirg'- fiI<h
Came til it awful crashl
Tnen 'ncath that wreck SO high,
Two hundred mortalS lie!
The young and old tnat bied,
And fearful numbers dsadI
And then bone, flesh and blood,
Lay deep ON Chatsworth's sod
Parent. son OF daughter.
Bient in common slaughter.
Now rushing wind and rain
Burst wild on hatswOrth's plain
Reluiem of the dead
BY grim arch angel sped!
Ho. now. man. quick quick quicki
Telegraph click. clickI
AMI The horror is hurled
Around the whole world!
Now haste. sisters and mothers.
Hus bands. wives and brothers-
In the name of your God,
Haste to this horror of bloedI
And they come on amain,
TheY come an each train
Pale faced. ami wide eyed.
Which ask, hds Ae or SIe III dg
What. dedd!-that wo-d pray!
Once again 10 me sayl
Then eye looked int0 eye.
Some wet, some glare ard dry,
oh the ocean of blood
split there on ChatSworth's sod
Oh. dark. and deep desrair,
Ny darling Joe died there!
hear him saying. "ah,
love you dearly. pa
.. come to ME and ma.
love you dearly. pa.'
II. Ii. CLARE, RooTsToyN q
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

observation-disclosures insist that the
tariff is blessing to the American
farmer, aud this, too, in the face OF
the fact that European nations, being
unable to exchange with our farmers.
have turned to India and Russia for
their cereal supplies. The late report
of the American Consul General at
Calcutta, India, fixes the total of last
years wheat crop in the latter country
at 2S9, ,G00,000 bushels, an enormous
increase over preceding years. In 1868
India exported 100000 cwt. of wheat {;
in 1886, q, 100000 cwt. The Indian
farm hand works for 81 so per month,
and feeds and clothes himself out OF
it. The policy that has driven away
the best customers of the American
farmer to the patronage of such cheap
labor may be a good thing for certain
of our manufacturers, but to say that
ir is a good thing for the American
farmer, is to make too heavy q draft
upon credulity.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

LAST Saturday proved a wet day for
the Prohibitionists at Atlanta, Ga.
After a bitter canvass, the "wets "
carried the day at the polls, by LOCO
majority. Atlanta's, like the expert
ence of nearly If not all other cities
under prohibition rule, under its last
year of prohibitery enactment, proves
that prohibition does not prohibit
Restrictive and regulative, rather than
pIehibltory agitation and legislation,
judging by results. are the only essen
tial and effectual checks upon the evil
results from the excessive use of in.
toxicating drinks.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

LAST Saturday morning three Sioux
Indians, lcenfinsd in the county Jail at
Glendive, Men,, pending their trial
for horse stealing, attacked two white
prisoners, inflicting mortal injuries
upon them, one of them rallyiDg to
consciousness only sufficient to state
the fact of the assault. After doing
their murderous work, tive of the red
devils hanged themselves, and the
third tried to batter his brains out
against the prison walls. but his skull
was sufficiently thick to save him to
ornament the gibbet on his departure
for the " happy hunting ground"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

THE excavation fer the foundation
of the new Congressional Library
building has been finished. The build
ing, when completed, will be the larg-
est structure In Washington. with the
exception of the Capitol. and will
cover Ill ono feet of space. 1t will
cover about p 900 feet more than the
new State, War and Navy building,
about IA, 900 feet more than the British
Museum library, about II. 900 feet more
than the Royal library of Bavaria,
and about l,Oe0 more feet than the
new German parliament building,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

Roses IDEA: The Presidents sis
ter places the following thorn in the
pillew Of fashion, through the medi-
um of "Dress :" Dress reform is no
thing IL not hostile to fashion. Fash
ion says: Lace your corsets pad
your bodice; hang on huge hustle |;
balance yourself In slippers whose
heels are very narrow and high. New
er mind comfort; never mind health. !"
Dress reform says: "Give up corsets;
give up bustlss; give up cotton give
up French heels. Consult comfort;eon-
sult health; never mind fashion"
Bustles. cotton and French heels still
hold the fort, hswsysr, Fashion refus.
ing to cotton, hustle, or lace itself to
/" Dress Reform"
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

THOMAS G. HANcE, of Macedon, Is
the Oldest voter in New York State.
He has reached the age of one hun
dred and six, and aside from being a
little hard of hearing, retains all his
faculties in as good condition as an or.
dlnary man of seventy. His oldest
son il eighty-one. and his oldest grand
son is fifty five, while his Oldest great
grandson is thirty-three. When Mr..
Hance was born the battle of York.
town was yet to be fought.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

SOME idea: of the extent to which
mechanical ingenuity and efficiency
have advanced may be had from th-
following statement: at is now
possible TO construct a complete sew
ing machine in a minute, or sixty in
one hour; a reaper every fifteen min.
utes or less 800 watches in q day,
complete in all their appointments.
More important than this, even, is the
fact that it is possible to construct a
locomotive in n day. From the plans
of a dTaughtsman to the execution OF
them by the workman, every wheel,
lever, valve and rod may he construct.
ed from the metal to the engine in
tact. Every rivet may be driven in
the boiler, every tube In the tube
sheets, and from the smoksstack to
the ashpan,a q locomotive may be turn
ed out in working day, completely
equipped, ready to do the work of a
hundred horses" Without such ma
chinery and the skilled labor to ope-
rate them, the civilized world OF today
woald be an impossibility.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

TIE Art Academy building in Eden
Park, Cincinnati, was dedicated last
Saturday afternoon. 1t IL the gift of
Nicholas Lengworth, David Sinton,
and Reuben r, Springer. Joseph
Longworth provided an endowment
fund of $500. 900, the annual income
of which ia to be used to support the
Academy,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

n bate I'm IL. II. Fare On the Hon
ey Moon Trip HON ~ ard, as an
Inducsnaent 20 1atrImony.
RAILWAY AGE: An ingenious
scheme for increasing railway travel
has been devised by Mr.. q. r. Lewis,
agent of the Canadian Pacific Railway
al Indian Head, Northwest Territory.
1t is nothing less than placing pre-.
MUM on marriages, by offering for
sale tickets with q return rebate,
whereby the purchaser is allowed to
return to his place of residence at q
very low rate, on condition that he
brings back with him q wife. On the
hack of the certificate authorizing the
rebate, it is specified that to entitle the
holder to the amount of rebate indi-
Gated, he must have married between
the dates stamped thereon and form
for marriage certificate appended must
be properly filled, signed by the OH
ciating clergyman, and witnessed by
two responsible parties. Mr.. Lewis
writes us that this novel plan seer
tainIy meets want felt in the grew
ing west" although he fears that the
Interstate law in the United States
would not recognizes the scheme.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

BALTIMoRE AMERICAN: There
should be more temperance in Amer.
lean esting-more uniformity, more
time. The people who reach old age
are not those who eat by the second
hands of the watch, or who german
dize on holidays or Sundays. They
eat in acommon.sense way, and enjoy
health IS the years come and 60, and
set examples which the rash ones
should follow if they want to live long
and happily.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
PATENTS, Ssssat:i Ssrss ..a GssSs CODY

rights obtained. and all other business In the
u, 8. Patent Ohlce attended to for MeDEkATE
FKKs.
Our ONCE is opposite the T.. s. Patept Once
and we can obtain Patents in less time thar
those remote from AsHiSaToN.
Send MODEL OR DRAWING. We advise sS u
patentability free Of charge: amt we make NO
CHAk9E UNLESS WE OBTAIN PAINT.
We refer here TO the Postmaster, the Supt OF
Money Order Div. aud to officials OF the u, $
Patent OHice. For circular. advice. terms and
refer also to actual clients in your own Stale
or County. Write to
@ A. SNOW = CO.,
Opposite Pstaut ofise. w LsninEtIa ID. c.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-22

HOW THEY BUILD UP CITIES IN THE
LIVE STATE OF KANSAS.
A citizen of Wichita, Kansas, tells
how they doomed that town into prom
inence:
We organized. We held almost
nightly meetings, and among the first
things We agreed upon was to hang to-
gether, and stay by each other through
thick and thin.
We had but one purpose-to benefit
the place, knowing that if it prospered
we would all do we'll.
We advertised by hundreds of thou.
sands of circulars. We set forth all
our advantages in such manner that
strangers who were led by our circu
lars to give us calls were not deceived
but on the contrary, agreed We had
not put it as strong rs We might.
We thus got the confidence of the
visitors, who wrote back east to friends
published glowing correspondence
in their own local papers, and carried
back with them wonderful tales of this
delightful southwest country.
And the newspaper advertising die
double the duty. Our people made il
a rule to advertise in our local papers
and to ask their friends to advertise.
We then subscribed for large mum
Der of copies, with local advertising
and full accounts of our future pros
poets and great advantages, and w
found by conversing with parties VIII
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-22

finally came there prospecting, that
the full advertising columns of our pa
Iers which they had seen, did more
than all else tn impress them with the
growth and importance of the place.
We found that We could not overdo
this-the more We paid out for this pur-
pose the more were our profits. Every
newcomer was a customer to most of
our stores, and while their advertising
paid to them rich returns, it served
the double purpose to impress the
Eastern man who had an eye to bust
ness, with the fact that Wichita was
in fact a rising town, and thus We have
gone on, until We have an added pop
ulation since | came here of over 90
600, and property has increased in
business places more than a thousand
fold, and in the country round us the
appreciation has been over 400 per
| cent
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-22

WEATHER REPoRT.-The U. S. Sig
nal Office furnishes the STANDARD
with the following weather report for
the week ending April 21st:
Barometer-Average height, 3O.O7
inches; highest, 3O.47; lowest, 1890;
range, 81.
Temperature-Average, Al degrees,
against As for week previous; highest,
GO ON Friday; lowest 80 on Mon.
day; range, %.
Rainfall-Total amount, 81 inches
greatest amount for one day, As on
Tuesday. Mean relative humidity,
so per cent.
Withdrawing direction, south
and southwest; highest hourly veloc-
ity, 19 miles on Wednesday,; total
miles travelled, 731.
Weather-Light rain on Friday
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Frost on Monday. There were ]
clear, 4 fair and 2 cloudy days.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-22
Semi-Annual Teachers Examination
AND THURsToN COUNTY INSTITUTE

AND THURSTON COUNTY INSTITUTE.
The law provides that the Board of
Examiners shall be at the county seat
on the second Wednesday of May for
the purpose of examining applicants
for certificates. To save time and ex-
pense, on the part of teachers, it is
deemed advisable to hold the yearly
institute during the same week. We
hope to make arrangements for an in
teresting and profitable meeting. All
teachers in the county are urgently
requested to cooperate with us. Other
educators and friends of education are
cordially invited to be present. We
expect to secure the assistance of
Prof. Follansbee, editor of the North
West Teacher, the well-known and sue.
cessful institute conductor, and have
the valuable experience of Miss Bond,
Principal of Tumwater school, of Prof.
Henderson, Principal of Olympia Col
legiate Institute, and Mrs. Jones, well
known and appreciated in the musical
department.. Other talent from neigh
boring cities may be with us. The re-
quirements Uf the law are as follows
Sec. 70. each Superintendent of any
county shall hold, once year, a coun-
ty institute, of not less than three
days, at which instruction shall be
given in the best methods of teaching
the branches required by law, and the
County Commissioners may appro-
pirate for the expense of the institute
sum not exceeding one hundred dol
lars annually. All teachers in the
county shall be required to attend
such institute during its full time, but
strict record shall be kept of the at
tendance at each days session of the
institute, and the County Superinten-
dent shall, at the close of the institute,
transmit the record of any teacher to
the clerk of the district where said
teacher may be at the time employed,
and said teacher so absenting himself
shall forfeit one dollar for each days
absence"
The institute will open in the public
school building, Monday, May 9th, at
2P.M. Examinations will commence
Wednesday, May 18th, at ga. NJ, at
the same place. Further announce
ments may be expected in the weekly
papers. P. c. HALE,
G. s.. s.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-04-22
Shal! we Judge " Tie Record?

The flag Tic oditor Of the STAND
ARD hoisted his flag upon the receipt of
news that Governor Squire had been re-
lieved by Presiden, Cleveland and Eugene
Sonlpie appointed il AIS place. If JOHN
had raised that flag a few years ago in the
presence of at least one ,aif the men who
voted for Cleveland, Il would have been
hauled down, anu Tie hated stars and bars
hoiStcd IL its place, and John would Lave
been shot on the spot DO you call the
sta,cmen, oi this fact, waving ine L.oody
shirt :-Pdrtjsdn.
That's exactly what We call it, but
The premise is not near SO much of
Il fact as you assume. The records
show that a large majority Of the sol
diers i'll the Union army were Demo
Gratis, and by lar the larger proportion
Of fighting gcner..ls for the Union
cause were of true Democratic lineage
Nor We're the ordinances of secession
carried by unanimous vote in the
Southern States, but there, as else
where, the masses were led by COM
paratively few hot-headed enthusiasts.
Several of the States went out with
her leading men protesting, and
against the better judgment of the
masses whose will was supplemented
by reign of terror that subOrdinated
reason. Fanaticism got the upper
hand and ruled for time, precipitat-
ing war. The fanatics of the north
were more lucky. When they dis
played the sixteen-star flag; when the
Republican leaders proclaimed the
Constitution league with the Devil
and covenant with He'll; when the
great Abolition organ, the New York
Tribune. proclaimed, IN apOstrOphizing
this same flag that the Partisan seems
SO much to revere with, "Tear down
that Haunting lie!" nobody Was shot,
although the utterances were treason
able; and when John Brown took up
arms against the Constitution and the
laws, and draggled this same flag in
the dust, those who now profess to be
its admirers were wild with applause,
and the same fanatical admiration OF
treason if it is on the right side, still
finds expression in the melody which
keeps his soul marching on in every
Republican household and at every
Republican convention wherever the
political calliope is set in motion.
Do not, Partison, imagine that you
can wave the bloody shirt, with
out eliciting inquiry as to how, when
and where the neither garment became
ensanguined. 1t is time that the spe-
cious claim to morality, sobriety and
patriotism, made for the Republican
party, should be estimated at its true
worth Figures are as potent reason
ers as facts, and they cannot be half
as easily perverted and made to lie.
Contrast either of these virtues in the
cities and States peopled by "men
who voted for Cleveland" with those
of established Republican antecedents,
and give the result. You will be sur
prised, gentle Partisan, at the result,
and will allow us to fly our flag in
peace.